Hi all Thanks for the comments on this set and thanks to everyone who took a look. I have to say that while I enjoyed the experience I have a natural aversion to flying - my firm belief is that flying is an unnatural act that is likely to end badly - the line "these things go down" from the movie 'Midnight Run' comes to mind....
A few specific replies: On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:06 +0100, "Bob W" <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > Stand up and take a bow, Mr & Mrs Arthus-Bertrand. That's a very > enjoyable > set. I particularly like the sand spits, especially the one covered in > birds, and the shots of the Painted Hills are (sorry!) the best of the > lot. I saw Arthus-Bertrand's exhibition 'Earth from Above' a few years ago in Melbourne. Wonderful stuff. Here's a link if anyone isn't familiar with it http://www.yannarthusbertrandgalerie.com/?lang=en On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:03 -0500, "Christine Aguila" <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > These are beautiful, Brian. What's amazing about Bird Habitat is that > the tip of the peninsula looks like an elegant bird beak. I hadn't noticed that. You're right. Thanks for pointing it out. On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:04 +0100, "Chris Mitchell" <chris.mitch...@which.net> wrote: > Superb Brian. And congrats to Margaret for my favourite: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/slides/IMGPDS-0604aj.html Are you mad? I'd never hear the end of it...... (actually I did pass your congrats on - and I'm never hearing the end of it) On Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:03 -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: > Oh, wow, those are lovely. > > I like them all (well, except for the last), but I especially like #1, > #3, > #6, #7, and #11. (Think I counted right.) I suppose the last one doesn't really fit the theme of the gallery but the shadow of the plane landing was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. I like it, but it might have been better as a separate PESO. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Brian Walters <supera1...@fastmail.fm> > wrote: > > Hi all > > > > First - thanks again to those who provided advice a month or so ago on > > photographing from a light plane. This flight was part of our recent > > trip to the 'red Centre' of Australia. > > > > The flight was in a Cessna 210, carrying 4 passengers plus the pilot. > > The lack of wing struts on this plane was a bonus for photography. The > > two biggest problems were reflections in the windows, which were > > difficult to avoid, and the mild jerkiness of the flight. I used my > > K200D with the 16-45 mm zoom attached. I had other lenses available but > > the cramped conditions made it difficult to change lenses, so I > > eventually gave up on the idea. As it happened, the 16-45 mm range > > proved to be pretty much ideal. My wife used an old Optio for the first > > part of the flight but it wasn't up to the job so she commandeered the > > *istDS with 50 mm f1.7 FA attached for the second half. Both of us shot > > in shutter priority mode with the speed set to 1/350 - 1/500 sec. > > > > I hope you enjoy this small selection: > > > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/Lake-Eyre/index.html > > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
